Pamela Renee (Axtell) Bundermann was born on February 05, 1949, in Sioux Falls, SD to Bruce and Rose (Flesner) Axtell. When she was quite young, Pam moved with her family to Grand Rapids, MN to a hobby farm in Cohasset, MN then to a dairy farm near Bovey, MN. Pam attended Grand Rapids High School and graduated in 1967. Pam attended Itasca Community College for a short period of time before working as a key punch operator at Republic Airlines in the twin cities. Pam married Steve Bundermann in 1970 in Grand Rapids, MN. Pam and Steve had three children, Dawn, Steven, and Benjamin. While raising children, Pam dabbled in sales, studied real estate, and drove a logging truck. Later, Pam went back to Bemidji State to obtain her BS in Applied Psychology. After a divorce, she moved to a small lake cottage on Twin Lakes near Marble, MN. Pam worked as a DHS Licensor and Administrator for adult care until her move to Alexandria, MN in 2005. Pam then worked for Alexandria Opportunities Center as a Designated Coordinator until opening her own 245D Family Residential home, Pam’s Place Family Services, where she lived and worked with people with disabilities and mental illness.